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Laura B

I spotted Laura B over at the Guardian – Band Of The Day back in September. The line that caught my attention was

:Laura B (The Fantastic to her friends) is that rarity, a woman who not only writes, sings and performs her own material but also handles all the gadgetry in the studio and does the production

I am pretty sure that Imogen Heap might want to have a chat with Paul Lester about that. But all that not withstanding Laura B is making really interesting music.

From the website…

LAURA B is a french solo artist living in London, who produces a unique style of innovative electronica that Paul Oakenfold, Laurent Garnier and Pete Tong play out and on the radio. She goes solo, sings, plays bass guitar and tweeks electronics live and is one of the main artists of the Big Chill roster. She is remixing for Positiva, Oakenfold and Big Chill Recordings and performs as far as Japan and the caribbean. She co-writes and sings with BJ Cole in the UK and The Verbrilli Sound and Telefuzz in Canada, her music is performed worldwide, from Virgin Atlantic in flight entertainment to The Museum Of Modern Art in San Francisco. Recently interviewed by Chris Coco (BBC Radio1 The Blue Room) for his History of Chillout program on BBC Radio2, she is fast becoming one of the most talked about, up-and-coming artist/DJ/producer in today’s quality-seeking, increasingly eclectic London.

My pick from the three tracks at her MySpace site would have to be “Midi A Minuit “, it’s a really effective piece of chill, that has wonderfully deft production and a remarkable sense of space.

Highly Recommended.

Website at http://www.myspace.com/fantasticlaurab and http://www.thefantasticlaurab.com/